| 音意合译 |
yīn yì hé yì |
formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋, 朗姆酒, 奶昔 and 米老鼠) |
| 音 |
yīn |
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) |
| 意 |
yì |
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense / (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利) |
| 合 |
gě |
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |
| 合 |
hé |
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒 |
| 合 |
hé |
variant of 合 |
| 译 |
yì |
to translate / to interpret |